Tom Ammiano is a legendary San Francisco leader who has served the City for four decades as a teacher, School Board President, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and has had an unmatched record of achievement as a member of the State Assembly.

In 1975, Tom came out as the first openly gay teacher in SF. In 1977 he worked on the No on 6 campaign with Harvey Milk, which successfully defeated an anti-gay initiative to ban gay teachers in CA. Tom went on to be elected to the San Francisco Board of Education from 1990-1994, to the Board of Supervisors representing District 9 from 1994-2008, and was elected to the CA State Assembly in November 2008.

Tom has been at the forefront of reform on many issues including affordable housing, LGBTQ rights, education, labor, immigration, prisons, and marijuana. Tom has been an exceptional leader and throughout his career has given a voice to underrepresented communities.

Tom “The Mother of Gay Comedy” Ammiano has been a standup comic since 1980 when he pioneered gay comedy night at the Valencia Rose Cabaret in San Francisco.